Study indicates an increased likelihood of COVID-19-associated hospitalization among children living in rural areas medrxivpreprint UArkansas covid COVID19 SARSCoV2 childhealth childrenshealth hospitalizations rural
By Pooja Toshniwal PahariaApr 4 2023Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLM *Important notice: medRxiv publishes preliminary scientific reports that are not peer-reviewed and, therefore, should not be regarded as conclusive, guide clinical practice/health-related behavior, or treated as established information.
The risks of COVID-19 severity outcomes, such as hospitalizations and deaths, vary with the causative variant of concern . SARS-CoV-2-infected children visiting the Arkansas children’s hospital emergency department or those hospitalized from 27 May 2020 to 28 April 2022 for COVID-19-associated diagnoses were recruited. This was based on the international classification of diseases, the tenth revision codes, and the pediatric hospital information system database data.
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In total, 681, 673, and 970 pre-Delta VOC cases, Delta VOC cases, and Omicron VOC cases were analyzed, among whom 400 were hospitalized. Among the participants, 21% , 19% , and 12% were hospitalized during pre-Delta VOC, Delta VOC, and Omicron VOC predominance, respectively. Infants aged <1.0 years were thrice as likely to be admitted to the hospital as those aged 5.0 to 14.0 years, irrespective of the SARS-CoV-2 VOC infection .